In past years, I have run a quilt along that coincides with the ‘off’ weeks of Project QUILTING – first it was ‘Home Sweet Home’ and then ‘My Favorite Block’.  In 2015 I did something a bit different – well, completely different.  I shared a block tutorial each week for the entire year.

These blocks combined the two previous quilt alongs. They are traditional quilt blocks that are ‘tweaked’ to show a second element – like houses.

It all started when I saw this ‘House Swoon’ block by Rachael of Blue Mountain Daisy  She tweaked Camille Roskelley’s Swoon block. Clever! She shows you how to do it, get the tutorial.

From seeing that…I went ahead and used it for my inspiration for the Double Wedding Ring Challenge and made my double wedding rings into an entire subdivision – again, tweaking a traditional block.

I explored traditional blocks ‘twisted’ into a secondary image like a house, tree, or even a bird!  I hope you decide to join in with me and explore the blocks I created!

See how you can be a block designer HERE.

Flickr group has been created!  52 Blocks: Twisted Tradition

Hashtag for twitter and Instagram: #52bTT

Fabric suggestions… HERE.

Basic Embroidery Stitch Tutorial

Schedule

1. Jan 1st - Square Dancing Whale
2. Jan 8th -  Road Trip to California
3. Jan 15th – Homeward Bound Fish
4. Jan 22nd – Flutterby Butterfly
5. Jan 29th – Sugar Fox
6. Feb 5th – Drunkard’s Owl by Diane Lapacek
7. Feb 12th – Heart Trick
8. Feb 19th – Farmer’s Daughter’s New Neighborhood
9. Feb 26th – Apple Flagstones
10. Mar 5th – Lucky Clover Vision
11. Mar 12th – Flying Leaf from Carla of Creatin’ in the Sticks
12. Mar 19th – Rocky Road to Love
13. Mar 26th – Talking Heads from Erin Z of Faller Girl
14. Apr 2nd - Fluttering in Formation from Melissa of Sew BitterSweet Designs
15. Apr 9th – Hoppy Bunny Basket from Marian of Seems to Be Sew
16. Apr 16th - Triangle of Spools
17. Apr 23rd - Sunny Butterflies
18. Apr 30th – Twisted Rail Fence from Marcia of Marcia’s Crafty Sewing & Quilting
19. May 7th - Shoofly Chickens
20. May 14th - Grandmother's Love
21. May 20th - Dresden Neighborhood
22. May 28th - Cross Orchard
23. June 4th - Nine Patch Bird
24. June 11th - Mosaic Turtle
25. June 18th - Old Fish Puzzle
26. June 25th – Kaleidoscope Twist from Colleen of Lucky Duck Dreams
27. July 2nd - Milky Way Fireworks
28. July 9th - Crocodile Heaven
29. July 16th - Weathervane Neighborhood
30. July 23rd - Woodland Neighborhood
31. July 30th - Mosaic, Spools
32. Aug 6th - Fish in the Window
33. Aug 13th- Mount Home
34. Aug 20th - Dutchman's Tree
35. Aug 27th - Resolution Bee
36. Sept 3rd - Mice Wheel
37. Sept 10th - Curious Cat from Nancy of Patchwork Breeze
38. Sept 17th - Pine Trees Cross Roads
39. Sept 24th –Red Bird, Blue Skies of  Fat Quarter Shop
40. Oct 1st - Manassas Neighborhood
41. Oct 8th - Mosaic Tree Block
42. Oct 15th - Resolution Bat
43. Oct 22nd - Odd Fellow's Cat
44. Oct 29th - Hard Candy 
45. Nov 5th - Drunkard's Mushroom
46. Nov 12th - Courthouse Thread
47. Nov 19th - Pumpkin Ball
48. Nov 26th - Turkey Leaf
49. Dec 3rd - Wyoming Dragonfly
50. Dec 10th - Santa Cabin
51. Dec 17th - Hour Mint
52. Dec 24th - Log Cabin Christmas Tree